Google AdWords has launched a tool to track calls made from a business’s website, after the caller has found that website based on clicking on a Google AdWords ad. Google calls this new conversion tool, “a powerful way to identify and measure calls from a website that occur after an add...

Next year, Hilton Worldwide will begin retrofitting some of their U.S. hotels with new, Internet of Things door locks, which will allow guests to lock and unlock their rooms with their smartphones. However, critics claim that such locks actually make things less secure. “Travelers can use their smartphones as boarding passes...

This week, Greggs — the largest bakery in the UK — fell into trouble with the Google algorithm. Instead of the company’s normal logo, an alternative one popped up for anyone who was googling. The company’s normal logo reads, “Always fresh. Always tasty.” The alternative that some eagle-eyed Google...

Today’s teens aren’t interested in the Harlem Shake or planking anymore — they’d rather set themselves on fire instead. According to an August 6 Design & Trend article, the latest viral trend on social media is more deadly than anything that’s come before — because in “The Fire Challenge,” teens will pour...

Back in 2011, authorities arrested American hacktivist Aaron Swartz, who helped develop the RSS Feed, the organization Creative Commons, and even the social forum site Reddit, for downloading too many academic articles on JSTOR. Using the much maligned, outdated Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), which was inspired by...

Facebook has made yet another bold move to try an streamline it’s mobile website. Mobile optimized websites have always been difficult to master, as many companies try to determine what links and features from their desk top website are important enough to be easily accessible on a mobile site....

People love going into stores and trying engagement rings on, but if you want a custom-designed ring, you may not be able to get the feel of it before you invest. Online engagement shoppers are putting even more on the line. Generally, they don’t even get to touch a...

A recent study published in the medical journal Acta Deramto-Venereologica recently found that doctors who used smartphones with attached dermoscopes were able to treat their patients faster and more efficiently than with traditional paper referrals. The study was conducted by Alexander Borve, the CEO of iDoc24, a teledermatology company...

The idea that social media can negatively impact our mental and emotional health is not a new one, but a recently published article in The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease titled “Twitter Psychosis: A Rare Variation or a Distinct Syndrome?” is claiming to shed new light on the subject. The...

Google has some of the top technology experts in the country working for them in various capacities — one of their more colorful job positions is, apparently, known as “Security Princess” — or at least that’s what goes on Parisa Tabriz’s business card. Tabriz is in charge of a division...